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Sunday 27 April 2025
7:30 Music Hall Aberdeen

Haydn Mass in B flat Harmoniemesse
Mozart Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427

Aberdeen Bach Choir - Musical Director Paul Tierney

Aberdeen Sinfonietta - Leader Bryan Dargie

Emma Morwood - Soprano
Lotte Betts-Dean - Mezzo-soprano
Elgan Llŷr Thomas - Tenor
Niall Anderson - Bass-baritone

Tickets are now available from Aberdeen Box Office.

If you wish to join us, please have a look at our Concert Schedule and How to Join pages, and if you have any other questions, contact us at .

Rehearsals for our April 2025 performance of the Haydn Harmoniemesse and the Mozart Great Mass in C minor continue on Tuesday 28 January 2025. Haydn – pp. 122-142 (Benedictus) and 115-121 (Sanctus); Mozart – pp. 56-69 (Gloria); General recap on previous weeks work.

Full rehearsal schedule with links to recommended recordings and rehearsal tracks.

General Rehearsal Information

Welcome to Aberdeen Bach Choir's website. We are a friendly, non-auditioning, mixed-voice choir, open to anyone aged 15 or over. Established for over 65 years, we have become one of the city's most respected amateur choirs, performing a wide range of sacred choral music, with an emphasis on the works of J.S. Bach. We usually perform two concerts each year, in April and December, with professional soloists and musicians.

Angela Slater, Chair

Choral conductor Sam Evans held a choral workshop for choir members on 29-30 June 2024 in Albyn School, rounded off with an informal concert attended by some friends and family.

Sam Evans rehearsing at choral workshop in Albyn School June 2024

The Management Committee members for 2024-2 are:
Chair - Angela Slater
Vice Chair - George Cameron
Secretary - Kate Graham
Treasurer - Alison Gathercole
Publicity Manager - Pam Hoy
Stage Manager - Alyson Smith
Librarian - Becky Docea
Ordinary Members - Margaret Macaulay, Alice Ronsberg*, Doreen Taylor*, Janet Wendes.

* newly elected

Aberdeen Bach Choir performed a programme of works from Eastern Europe for choir, soloists and organ on Saturday 30 November in St Machar's Cathedral.

Review by Alan Cooper

Aberdeen Bach Choir
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